Mosquito Lagoon: Capt. Jon Lulay of Mosquito Lagoon Redfish Charters in Titusville said the fishing has been in a pretty typical fall pattern. Calm days produce conditions which enable sight-casting opportunities at big black drum, oversized redfish and some trout. If that doesn't work, try soaking cut pinfish or mullet, or split crabs to get bites from some of the bigger fish near the channels. The shallows are giving up more slot redfish and trout, but Lulay and other guides have begun a grass roots awareness campaign to convince anglers to let those fish go. The small lagoon is in trouble. Harvesting fish from it seems senseless, Lulay said. He recommends letting the trout and redfish go.

"Every fish matters," he said of the beleaguered lagoon. With red tide along the beaches, sea grass loss in the estuaries and algae blooms across state waters, Lulay couldn't be more right.

Offshore:Capt. Chris Cameron of Fired Up Fishing Charters out of Blue Points Marina at Port Canaveral said the bluewater fishing has yielded a variety of catches. Everything from huge blackfin tuna on the troll — a 29.5-pounder caught last week — to Goliath grouper and genuine red snapper on the bottom to tiger shark encounters on the surface has been experienced recently by his clients. There has been a catch of cobia and kingfish from 40 to 80 feet of water on the reefs and wrecks. The fall dolphin (mahi mahi) run is taking place in 130 to 200 feet of water.

Surf: Devastation as far as the eye can see is still the norm for the beaches from Melbourne Beach to Indialantic to Cocoa Beach. It's unprecedented. Thursday, Facebook posts indicated millions of migrating mullet fell prey to the microscopic red tide organisms filling the nearshore water column like a cloud of death. Will the weekend's wind forecast move the red tide back out to sea or break it up? Is more on the way from the Gulf of Mexico via the Loop Current and Gulf Stream? For now, avoid the beaches, and probably the fish, too, until state and county officials sound the all-clear.

Indian River Lagoon: There have been high concentrations of red tide sampled at Long Point, inside Sebastian Inlet, but most of the rest of the lagoon has none, and the tide won't move it far. Black drum fishing is pretty good around bridges in Satellite Beach, Eau Gallie and Merritt Island. The mullet run may be winding down in the lagoon, but anglers are catching tarpon, trout, redfish, jacks, ladyfish and occasional snook around the edges of the schools, especially around dock lights at night.

Sebastian Inlet: The good news is the Spanish mackerel do not seem to have been affected by the red tide. Anglers casting spoons and large topwater plugs are catching macks and bluefish from the jetties. The mullet run is dominating the feeding activity so fishing with a live mullet is akin to buying one ticket in the Mega Millions drawing — you may get a hit, but odds are against it. Fish with cut bait or jigs to get more bites.

Freshwater: The good news about fishing the freshwater lakes and ponds is one does not have to deal with red tide. In some of the reservoirs, like Headwaters Lake in Fellsmere, the water level is getting low due to a lack of rain and the hydrilla is getting high. It makes it hard to paddle in, and fish are even harder to catch. But in spots like Lake Washington, the bass are in fall spawning mode for sure. Find the post-spawn fish coming off the beds with spinnerbaits and wild shiners.

Ed Killer is an outdoors columnist for the USA Today Network based on the Treasure Coast. Friend him on Facebook at Ed Killer, follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @tcpalmekiller, email him at ed.killer@tcpalm.com or reach him by phone at 772-221-4201.